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<p>Today is officially the last day of summer.&nbsp; While we anxiously await the cooler temperatures and changing leaves that come with fall (right??), let us take a look back on the summer of 2011 at the Northwest Library in terms of the most popularly circulating materials during the summer.</p>
<p>Today, part one.&nbsp; The 25 most circulated Adult Fiction titles of the summer:</p>
<p><a href="http://catalog.hcpl.net/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=13JV72262Q459.95709&amp;profile=webcat&amp;source=~!library&amp;view=subscriptionsummary&amp;uri=full=3100001~!235487~!0&amp;ri=1&amp;aspect=subtab13&amp;menu=search&amp;ipp=325&amp;spp=60&amp;staffonly=&amp;term=four+to+score+evanovich&amp;index=.GH&amp;uinde"><strong>Four to Score</strong></a> by Janet Evanovich<br />
<a href="http://catalog.hcpl.net/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1316723T7UB32.95995&amp;profile=webcat&amp;source=~!library&amp;view=subscriptionsummary&amp;uri=full=3100001~!1231158~!1&amp;ri=1&amp;aspect=subtab13&amp;menu=search&amp;ipp=325&amp;spp=60&amp;staffonly=&amp;term=getting+to+happy+mcmillan&amp;index=.GH&amp;ui"><strong>Getting to Happy</strong></a> by Terry McMillan<br />
<a href="http://catalog.hcpl.net/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=131A7I34199T9.96015&amp;profile=webcat&amp;source=~!library&amp;view=subscriptionsummary&amp;uri=full=3100001~!889606~!0&amp;ri=1&amp;aspect=subtab13&amp;menu=search&amp;ipp=325&amp;spp=60&amp;staffonly=&amp;term=spellman+files+lutz&amp;index=.GH&amp;uindex=&amp;a"><strong>The Spellman Files</strong></a> by Lisa Lutz<br />
<a href="http://catalog.hcpl.net/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1F16H2349329P.96059&amp;profile=webcat&amp;source=~!library&amp;view=subscriptionsummary&amp;uri=full=3100001~!1280449~!1&amp;ri=1&amp;aspect=subtab13&amp;menu=search&amp;ipp=325&amp;spp=60&amp;staffonly=&amp;term=walk+alone+mary+higgins+clark&amp;index=.G"><strong>I&#39;ll Walk Alone</strong></a> by Mary Higgins Clark<br />
<a href="http://catalog.hcpl.net/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=131672353WK0C.96083&amp;profile=webcat&amp;source=~!library&amp;view=subscriptionsummary&amp;uri=full=3100001~!1210927~!1&amp;ri=1&amp;aspect=subtab13&amp;menu=search&amp;ipp=325&amp;spp=60&amp;staffonly=&amp;term=9th+judgment+patterson&amp;index=.GH&amp;uinde"><strong>The 9th Judgment</strong></a> by James Patterson<br />
<a href="http://catalog.hcpl.net/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1316723T63U33.96096&amp;profile=webcat&amp;source=~!library&amp;view=subscriptionsummary&amp;uri=full=3100001~!1290783~!1&amp;ri=1&amp;aspect=subtab13&amp;menu=search&amp;ipp=325&amp;spp=60&amp;staffonly=&amp;term=toys+patterson&amp;index=.GH&amp;uindex=&amp;aspec"><strong>Toys</strong></a> by James Patterson<br />
<a href="http://catalog.hcpl.net/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=A316724A5081F.96608&amp;profile=webcat&amp;source=~!library&amp;view=subscriptionsummary&amp;uri=full=3100001~!1227468~!0&amp;ri=1&amp;aspect=subtab13&amp;menu=search&amp;ipp=325&amp;spp=60&amp;staffonly=&amp;term=safe+haven+sparks&amp;index=.GH&amp;uindex=&amp;as"><strong>Safe Haven</strong></a> by Nicholas Sparks<br />
<a href="http://catalog.hcpl.net/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1B167248V6411.96626&amp;profile=webcat&amp;source=~!library&amp;view=subscriptionsummary&amp;uri=full=3100001~!1300257~!1&amp;ri=1&amp;aspect=subtab13&amp;menu=search&amp;ipp=325&amp;spp=60&amp;staffonly=&amp;term=10th+anniversary+patterson&amp;index=.GH&amp;u"><strong>10th Anniversary</strong></a> by James Patterson<br />
<a href="http://catalog.hcpl.net/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1316724917ABS.96640&amp;profile=webcat&amp;source=~!library&amp;view=subscriptionsummary&amp;uri=full=3100001~!1290779~!0&amp;ri=1&amp;aspect=subtab13&amp;menu=search&amp;ipp=325&amp;spp=60&amp;staffonly=&amp;term=bel-air+dead+woods&amp;index=.GH&amp;uindex=&amp;a"><strong>Bel-Air Dead: a Stone Barrington Novel</strong></a> by Stuart Woods<br />
<a href="http://catalog.hcpl.net/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=F3167250H8530.96711&amp;profile=webcat&amp;source=~!library&amp;view=subscriptionsummary&amp;uri=full=3100001~!1300260~!1&amp;ri=1&amp;aspect=subtab13&amp;menu=search&amp;ipp=325&amp;spp=60&amp;staffonly=&amp;term=buried+prey+sandford&amp;index=.GH&amp;uindex="><strong>Buried Prey</strong></a> by John Sandford<br />
<a href="http://catalog.hcpl.net/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1P167C5U30784.96755&amp;profile=webcat&amp;source=~!library&amp;view=subscriptionsummary&amp;uri=full=3100001~!1232202~!1&amp;ri=1&amp;aspect=subtab13&amp;menu=search&amp;ipp=325&amp;spp=60&amp;staffonly=&amp;term=dont+blink+patterson&amp;index=.GH&amp;uindex="><strong>Don&#39;t Blink</strong></a> by James Patterson<br />
<a href="http://catalog.hcpl.net/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=13F672518001J.96785&amp;profile=webcat&amp;source=~!library&amp;view=subscriptionsummary&amp;uri=full=3100001~!1192413~!0&amp;ri=1&amp;aspect=subtab13&amp;menu=search&amp;ipp=325&amp;spp=60&amp;staffonly=&amp;term=her+mothers+hope+rivers&amp;index=.GH&amp;uind"><strong>Her Mother&#39;s Hope</strong></a> by Francine Rivers<br />
<a href="http://catalog.hcpl.net/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1EL6C25212445.96799&amp;profile=webcat&amp;source=~!library&amp;view=subscriptionsummary&amp;uri=full=3100001~!1290789~!0&amp;ri=1&amp;aspect=subtab13&amp;menu=search&amp;ipp=325&amp;spp=60&amp;staffonly=&amp;term=sing+you+home+picoult&amp;index=.GH&amp;uindex"><strong>Sing You Home</strong></a> by Jodi Picoult<br />
<a href="http://catalog.hcpl.net/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1I16N252408A6.96821&amp;profile=webcat&amp;source=~!library&amp;view=subscriptionsummary&amp;uri=full=3100001~!1243286~!1&amp;ri=1&amp;aspect=subtab13&amp;menu=search&amp;ipp=325&amp;spp=60&amp;staffonly=&amp;term=confession+grisham&amp;index=.GH&amp;uindex=&amp;a"><strong>The Confession</strong></a> by John Grisham<br />
<a href="http://catalog.hcpl.net/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1316K25399E0O.96883&amp;profile=webcat&amp;source=~!library&amp;view=subscriptionsummary&amp;uri=full=3100001~!759773~!3&amp;ri=1&amp;aspect=subtab13&amp;menu=search&amp;ipp=325&amp;spp=60&amp;staffonly=&amp;term=lincoln+lawyer+connelly&amp;index=.GH&amp;uinde"><strong>The Lincoln Lawyer</strong></a> by Michael Connelly<br />
<a href="http://catalog.hcpl.net/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=131N72W43H738.96897&amp;profile=webcat&amp;source=~!library&amp;view=subscriptionsummary&amp;uri=full=3100001~!1251210~!0&amp;ri=1&amp;aspect=subtab13&amp;menu=search&amp;ipp=325&amp;spp=60&amp;staffonly=&amp;term=hells+corner+baldacci&amp;index=.GH&amp;uindex"><strong>Hell&#39;s Corner</strong></a> by David Baldacci<br />
<a href="http://catalog.hcpl.net/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1316725EHV295.96906&amp;profile=webcat&amp;source=~!library&amp;view=subscriptionsummary&amp;uri=full=3100001~!1177131~!1&amp;ri=1&amp;aspect=subtab13&amp;menu=search&amp;ipp=325&amp;spp=60&amp;staffonly=&amp;term=house+rules+picoult&amp;index=.GH&amp;uindex=&amp;"><strong>House Rules</strong></a> by Jodi Picoult<br />
<a href="http://catalog.hcpl.net/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=131DX25H03816.96916&amp;profile=webcat&amp;source=~!library&amp;view=subscriptionsummary&amp;uri=full=3100001~!1264988~!0&amp;ri=1&amp;aspect=subtab13&amp;menu=search&amp;ipp=325&amp;spp=60&amp;staffonly=&amp;term=tick+tock+patterson&amp;index=.GH&amp;uindex=&amp;"><strong>Tick Tock</strong></a> by James Patterson<br />
<a href="http://catalog.hcpl.net/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1316725O02HX2.97094&amp;profile=webcat&amp;source=~!library&amp;view=subscriptionsummary&amp;uri=full=3100001~!1300246~!2&amp;ri=1&amp;aspect=subtab13&amp;menu=search&amp;ipp=325&amp;spp=60&amp;staffonly=&amp;term=calebs+crossing+brooks&amp;index=.GH&amp;uinde"><strong>Caleb&#39;s Crossing</strong></a> by Geraldine Brooks<br />
<a href="http://catalog.hcpl.net/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1Y1G72C932902.97108&amp;profile=webcat&amp;source=~!library&amp;view=subscriptionsummary&amp;uri=full=3100001~!1242992~!0&amp;ri=1&amp;aspect=subtab13&amp;menu=search&amp;ipp=325&amp;spp=60&amp;staffonly=&amp;term=crescent+dawn+cussler&amp;index=.GH&amp;uindex"><strong>Crescent Dawn</strong></a> by Clive Cussler<br />
<a href="http://catalog.hcpl.net/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=Q3167HR000760.97141&amp;profile=webcat&amp;source=~!library&amp;view=subscriptionsummary&amp;uri=full=3100001~!1232199~!1&amp;ri=1&amp;aspect=subtab13&amp;menu=search&amp;ipp=325&amp;spp=60&amp;staffonly=&amp;term=fall+of+giants+follett&amp;index=.GH&amp;uinde"><strong>Fall of Giants</strong></a> by Ken Follett<br />
<a href="http://catalog.hcpl.net/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1316W26T299F1.97162&amp;profile=webcat&amp;source=~!library&amp;view=subscriptionsummary&amp;uri=full=3100001~!1251223~!0&amp;ri=1&amp;aspect=subtab13&amp;menu=search&amp;ipp=325&amp;spp=60&amp;staffonly=&amp;term=her+daughters+dream+rivers&amp;index=.GH&amp;u"><strong>Her Daughter&#39;s Dream</strong></a> by Francine Rivers<br />
<a href="http://catalog.hcpl.net/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1316H260640PP.97184&amp;profile=webcat&amp;source=~!library&amp;view=subscriptionsummary&amp;uri=full=3100001~!1328076~!8&amp;ri=2&amp;aspect=subtab13&amp;menu=search&amp;ipp=325&amp;spp=60&amp;staffonly=&amp;term=mark+twains+the+adventures+of+tom+sawy"><strong>Mark Twain&#39;s Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn</strong></a> by Mark Twain<br />
<a href="http://catalog.hcpl.net/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=131672Q13U9M1.97217&amp;profile=webcat&amp;source=~!library&amp;view=subscriptionsummary&amp;uri=full=3100001~!1231183~!0&amp;ri=1&amp;aspect=subtab13&amp;menu=search&amp;ipp=325&amp;spp=60&amp;staffonly=&amp;term=american+assassin+flynn&amp;index=.GH&amp;uind"><strong>American Assassin: a thriller</strong></a> by Vince Flynn<br />
<a href="http://catalog.hcpl.net/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1HWW726215201.97252&amp;profile=webcat&amp;source=~!library&amp;view=subscriptionsummary&amp;uri=full=3100001~!1310152~!1&amp;ri=1&amp;aspect=subtab13&amp;menu=search&amp;ipp=325&amp;spp=60&amp;staffonly=&amp;term=dead+reckoning+harris&amp;index=.GH&amp;uindex"><strong>Dead Reckoning</strong></a> by Charlaine Harris</p>
<p>Stay tuned for more summer 2011 retrospective lists.&nbsp; And shout out to <a href="http://www.hcpl.net/users/jim-johnson">Jim Johnson</a> of the <a href="http://www.hcpl.net/location/kingwood-branch-library">Kingwood Branch Library </a>for the <a href="http://www.hcpl.net/content/most-popular-summer-reads">idea</a>.</p>
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<p><img alt="" align="left" width="100" height="83" src="http://www.hcpl.net/sites/default/files/727px-Love_heart_uidaodjsdsew.png" />I am excited to announce that Freeman now has a romance section on the 2nd floor!&nbsp; After many requests from our romance fans (of which I am one!) we have finally been able to set aside some space to highlight our romance authors.&nbsp; If you have trouble finding it, please don't be afraid to ask us at the reference desk - we'll be happy to point it out to you.&nbsp;</p><span st_url=http://www.hcpl.net/content/romance-library st_title='Romance in the Library' class='st_facebook' ></span><span st_url=http://www.hcpl.net/content/romance-library st_title='Romance in the Library' class='st_twitter' ></span><span st_url=http://www.hcpl.net/content/romance-library st_title='Romance in the Library' class='st_digg' ></span><span st_url=http://www.hcpl.net/content/romance-library st_title='Romance in the Library' class='st_pinterest' ></span><span st_url=http://www.hcpl.net/content/romance-library st_title='Romance in the Library' class='st_email' ></span><script type='text/javascript'>var switchTo5x=true;</script>
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<p>Fairbanks Branch has been seeing a flurry of new holiday fiction. Andrew Greeley&rsquo;s latest, <a href="http://catalog.hcpl.net/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=126X4636Q39A5.71948&amp;profile=webcat&amp;source=~!library&amp;view=subscriptionsummary&amp;uri=full=3100001~!1146273~!0&amp;ri=1&amp;aspect=subtab13&amp;menu=search&amp;ipp=325&amp;spp=60&amp;staffonly=&amp;term=home+for+christmas&amp;index=.TH&amp;uindex=&amp;aspect=subtab13&amp;menu=search&amp;ri=1&amp;limitbox_1=CO01+=+co_af#focus">Home for Christmas</a>, is a story about long lost love and a war hero&rsquo;s greatest mission, to reunite with his first love.&nbsp; <a href="http://catalog.hcpl.net/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=12R0F6378R920.71998&amp;profile=webcat&amp;source=~!library&amp;view=subscriptionsummary&amp;uri=full=3100001~!1155769~!10&amp;ri=1&amp;aspect=subtab13&amp;menu=search&amp;ipp=325&amp;spp=60&amp;staffonly=&amp;term=this+christmas&amp;index=.TH&amp;uindex=&amp;aspect=subtab13&amp;menu=search&amp;ri=1&amp;limitbox_1=CO01+=+co_af#focus">This Christmas</a>, is a trio of warm, witty, insightful stories by three different authors. Three very different women face questions of the heart that could change all their Christmases to come. Garrison Keillor has made a departure from his usual folksy style in <a href="http://catalog.hcpl.net/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=126NN6385434T.72027&amp;profile=webcat&amp;source=~!library&amp;view=subscriptionsummary&amp;uri=full=3100001~!1153558~!3&amp;ri=1&amp;aspect=subtab13&amp;menu=search&amp;ipp=325&amp;spp=60&amp;staffonly=&amp;term=christmas+blizzard&amp;index=.TH&amp;uindex=&amp;aspect=subtab13&amp;menu=search&amp;ri=1#focus">A Christmas Blizzard</a>. The main character, James, passes himself off as a CIA agent and hides in an ice fishing cabin on the lake. Wally Lamb takes us back to his fictional town of Three Rivers, Connecticut, in <a href="http://catalog.hcpl.net/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=12C04I39V9312.72043&amp;profile=webcat&amp;source=~!library&amp;view=subscriptionsummary&amp;uri=full=3100001~!1147041~!0&amp;ri=1&amp;aspect=subtab13&amp;menu=search&amp;ipp=325&amp;spp=60&amp;staffonly=&amp;term=wishin+hopin+christmas+story&amp;index=.TH&amp;uindex=&amp;aspect=subtab13&amp;menu=search&amp;ri=1#focus">Wishin' and Hopin': A Christmas Story</a>. Whether you&rsquo;ve been naughty or nice we have some great fiction to get you into the joy of the season.<br />
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